Paul Torday was born in 1946 and published this book in 2007 as his debut novel. So there's hope for all of us unpublished aspiring writers!Anyway, this is such an intriguing title for a novel that I couldn't resist.
Dr Alfred Jones has quite an important job in the National Centre for Fisheries Excellence; at least if you're into fishing and all things fisheries. His wife is something important in economics but not really into marriage with Fred.
Fred is coerced into a project to introduce salmon fishing into the Yemen by a charismatic Sheik and his London based estate management company, something he believes is foolish in the extreme but isn't allowed to refuse. However, as he becomes more involved in the project, he begins to believe that there might be some hope of it's success after all. As the project begins to capture his imagination, Fred's private life goes into free fall, politics, terrorism and commerce threaten to derail everything and Fred's emotions cause him considerable turmoil. Life will never be the same again.
I loved this story. Recommended by Richard and Judy's Book Club as a summer read, there is comedy, a thread of romance, the mystery of faith, the shallow spin of politics and a good twist in the tale at the end. Recommended.
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